OREANDA-NEWS. June 05, 2013. Ukraine will use every opportunity to boost its level of economic development and competitiveness of the economy.

This was started by Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko on air of Shuster Live television program, commenting on the signing of Memorandum between Ukraine and the Eurasian Economic Commission and the further development of cooperation with the countries of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and the European Union.

"I do not want to idealize neither the Customs Union, nor the European Union. We should carefully choose the economic model that is most consistent with our national interests and on this basis to build our policy", Yuriy Boyko said.

He noted that Ukraine's European choice fixed by the Law "On the basis of domestic and foreign policy" does not mean refusing to cooperate with other partners.

"This does not mean that we abandon our long-term cooperation with partners from the countries of the Customs Union. Our position, the position of the President is to use all possibilities to improve our economy and our competitiveness. Understanding how high competition in the world today, we must use all means to survive this competition," Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine said.